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•Anyone interested in American film should consider watching Intolerance (TCM, 8 ET/5 PT), D.W. Griffith's 3½-hour silent epic that, when made in 1916, was the most expensive and ambitious movie ever filmed.

It works better now as a history lesson than as a piece of entertainment, but parts do hold up — and the Babylonian set piece is still spectacular.

There's just something about a giant, physical set filled with thousands of actual extras (rather than computer-generated people and green-screen cities) that's hard to beat.

•As part of its new conservationist Shark Week bent, Discovery airs Shark Fight (9 ET/PT), which examines efforts to save sharks being led by those who were attacked by sharks.

Of course, the network is bookending it with Rogue Sharks: Reloaded (8 ET/PT) and World's Scariest Animal Attacks (10 ET/PT), so as usual you could say Discovery is sending something of a mixed message.

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